Can cover



June 11, 1935; W..A. RATHBUN ET-AL 2,004,675

- CAN COVER Filed March 9, 1934 2 'sheets sheet l y 7 I lnveniofi' mji'aibaaz r11? 4/- June 11, 1935. w, A. RATHBUNET Al. 2,004,675

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flllorney fully described and claimed. opening.

n the d aw n s: 2. A cover for a can or the like comprising a Figure l is a vertical section through the upper disk like body formed with a'trough extending portion of a can and our improved cover mounted from one edge to a point spaced therefrom and 20 thereon. v merging into a well, the bottom of the trough in- 20 Figure 2 is a top plan view of the cover. clining downwardly to the bottom of the well, Figure 3.is a detail section taken substantially said bottom of the well being provided with an on the line 3-3 of Figure 1. opening, and cap means associated with said Figure 4 is a. view similar to Figure 1 showing opening, an annular flange rising from the bot- 25 the cap removed and the can tilted. tom of the well around the opening and being 25 Figure 5 isa top plan view of the cover with curved upwardly outwardly and downwardly, and the cap removed, and said cap having a flange to snap thereover.

Figure 6 is a detail section through a portion of 3. A cover for a can or the like comprising a the cover showing the snap on cap in place. disk like body formed with a trough extending Patented June 11, 1935 1 UNITE ST S CAN COVER William Albert Rathbun and Frank Joseph Doyle, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Application March 9, 1934, Serial No. 714,849

4 Claims. (Cl. 220-66) The present invention relates to a cover for advantages of this invention will now be clearly a can or the like and has for its prime object to understood by those skilled in this art without provide a cover having incorporated therein means a more detailed description thereof. to facilitate pouring the contents from the can. Changes in the details of construction may be 5 A further important object of the invention reresorted to without departing from the spirit or sides in the provision of a can cover of this nature scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed. which is simple in its construction, inexpensive to Having thus described our invention, what we manufacture, thoroughly efficient and reliable in claim as new is: use and otherwise well adapted to the purpose 1. A cover for a can or the like comprising a for which it is designed. disk like body formed with a trough extending 10 With the above and numerous other objects in from one edge to a point spaced therefrom and view as will appear as the description proceeds, merging into a well, the bottom of the trough inthe invention consists in certain novel features of clim'ng downwardly to the bottom of the well, construction, and in the combination and ar-= said bottom of the well being provided with an rangement of parts as will hereinafter be more opening, and cap means associated with said 15 Referring to the drawings in detail it will be from one edge to a point spaced therefrom and seen that numeral 5 denotes a can. Numeral merging into a well, the bottom of the trough in- 6 denotes the disk like body of the cover provided clining downwardly to the bottom of the well, said with a peripheral flange 1 of a somewhat inverted bottom of the well being provided with an opening,

D C l formation s own e y and cap means associated with said opening, an

in Figure 1 so as to fit over the upp edge of the annular flange rising from the bottom of the well 35 can 5. The disk like body 6 is formed with a amund th opening and being curved upwardly trough 8 extending diametrically across the body outwardly and downwardly, and Said cap having from one side to adjacent the other side and ada flange to b thereover, a channeled flange jacent said other side merging into a circular well formed about the periphery of the body 9, the bottom of the trough8 inclining downward- 4 A cover for a can'or the like comprising a ly toward the bottom of the well as clearly shown disldike body formed with a trough extending in Figure This well has its bottom at the from one edge to a point spaced therefrom and center formed with an opening 10 from which rises an annular flange H curved Over and being of equal width throughout its length and 11 the diameter of which is wardl and downwardly. A snap on cap 12 is enmerging mm gageagle with the flange by having a flange M to greater than said width, the bottom of the trough fit over the flange H and terminating in the fluted mflllmng downwardly t0 the bottom of the well, fringe portion l5. When the cap I2 is removed the Sald Pottom 0f the Well belng pl W1l5h l can may be tilted so that the contents flowing Opening, and can m a s a so a e w Sand through the opening 10 willflow down through the opening. trough 3. WILLIAM ALBERT RATHBUN.

It is thought that the construction, utility and FRANK JOSEPH DOYLE. 

